Bronchopleural fistula associated persistent pneumothorax in a patient recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report

IntroductionCoronavirus belongs to RNA viruses that cause respiratory, neurologic, enteric, and hepatic diseases distributed among mammals, including humans and birds (1). A novel coronavirus discovered in late 2019 in China caused Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is associated with complications like severe viral pneumonia, ARDS, AKI, cardiac injury, liver dysfunction, spontaneous pneumothorax, lung cavitation, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, along with other minor ailments like fever, loss of smell, myalgia, dry cough, lymphadenopathy (2) (3).Pneumothorax due to COVID-19 pneumonia is very rare, and few cases are reported with bronchopleural fistula-associated persistent pneumothorax while recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia (4) (5) (6).